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August 16, 2010

On August 12,2010, the Federal Flood Commission of Pakistan gave the following figures of the damage and destruction caused by the floods in Pakistan:

At least 1,294 persons confirmed dead and 1,366 injured.

A total of 415,862 houses destroyed or partially damaged ----- 172,110 houses in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa (KP), 122,798 in Sindh, 90,618 in Punjab, 19,619 in Balochistan, 6,357 in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), 2,336 in GilgitBaltistan (GB) and 1,432 in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ( My comment: There is a slight discrepancy in the figures. The total of these break-up figures comes to only 415,270)

Total area of land affected 2,698,041 acres of which 2,250,409 had standing crops

Total number of villages affected 4,885-----2,584 in Balochistan, 1,527 in Punjab, 581 in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa and 193 in Gilgit-Baltistan. He did not give the figures for Sindh, the POK and the FATA.

2. From the point of view of fatalities, the worst affected were as follows:

Khyber PakhtoonkwaAbout 1000

FATA64

Balochistan60

Punjab51

POK & GilgitBaltistan15

Sindh11

My comment: According to the federal figures, thefatalities were 1294 and according to the provincial figures 1241

PROVINCIAL FIGURES---KHYBER-PAKHTUNKWA

3.Mr.Shakil Qadir, Director-General of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Khyber Pakhtunkwa, gave on August 11 the following figures of damages suffered by the province:

Civil unrest is a concern if the flood victims do not receive immediate financial assistance to repair their houses,Mr. Qadir said. He added:“These people may come onto the streets and start agitation … that is why we have recommended to the government to inject Rs. 6 billion (US $69.6m) to rebuild damaged homes to help these people restart life. We need to immediately pay each affected person Rs. 25,000 (US $290) so he can rebuild his life.”

Khyber Pakhtunkwa usually gets 962mm of rain annually, but from July 28 to August 3 it received 3,462mm of rain. The average annual rainfall in Peshawar is 400mm, but in the six same days 333mm of rain lashed the city.

As many as 64 persons were killed and 59 others injured in the floods. The floods washed away 11 bridges, 12 high tension electricity poles,and damaged about 320km of roads.

Out of the total 64 dead, 23 belonged to North Waziristan, 10 were from Khyber and Bajaur each, five from Mohmand and South Waziristaneach, eight fromD.I.Khan, two from Orakzai and one fromLakkiMarwat.

In all, 1,432 houses were damaged. As many as 376 houses were damaged in Bajaur, 368 in Mohmand and 122 in LakkiMarwat.

The floods also washed away standing crops on 6,500 acres of land and 900 feet ofagricultural protection bunds/walls in different parts of the FATA.

In terms of monetary losses to government departments, communication toped the list to the tune of Rs2.539 billion, Public Health Rs79.74 million, education Rs26.35 million, agriculture/livestock Rs7.3 million, housing Rs2.1 million and health Rs1.32 million.

PROVINCIAL FIGURES---BALOCHISTAN

5.Fatalities---60

Thousands of people were rendered homeless in Barkhan, Kohlu and Sibi and aid and rescue work was affected because of long distances and damaged roads.

Train services from Balochistan to other parts of the country remained suspended as the flood damaged the railway track at five points inSibi district’s Bakhtiarabad area.

Over five dozen villages were also submerged in Nasirabad district and Bakhtiarabad.

A large number of people were rendered homeless after their homes were washed away by the torrential rains which hit most parts ofBalochistan, including Sibi, DeraBugti, Kohlu and Barkhan.

PROVINCIAL FIGURES--PUNJAB

6.The provincial government needs Rs37 billion immediately for relief work out of which Rs25 billion have been received from the Federal Government. According to an estimate, Muzzafargarh needs Rs16 billion for rehabilitation, while D.G. Khan Rs10 billion, Rajanpur Rs11 billion,Mianwali Rs10 billion, BhakkarRs 5 billion, Laqyyah Rs3.5 billion, and RahimYar Khan Rs10 billion for rehabilitation. These funds are required for the construction of houses, restoration of infrastructure, and for therestoration the of the irrigation system. The floods have destroyed 3,132 villages, 5.2 million acre irrigated land, 8.2 million people are displaced and 51 people lost their lives.

PROVINCIAL FIGURES---POK & GILGIT-BALTISTAN

7. At least 15 people lost their lives.

Torrential rains damaged the Karakoram Highway at three points between Gilgit and Hunza-Nagar and the Gilgit-Skardu road at two places.

Boat service in the Hunzalake was suspended, adding to the hardship of the people of Hunza-Gojal.

The area was without electricity for seven days.

The Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority has not yet been able to assess the damage because of disruption of the communications system.

PROVINCIAL FIGURES--SINDH

8.Fatalities --- 11

Number of people affected ---3.7 million

Total damage Rs. 40 billion

UN ESTIMATE OF AID REQUIRED BY PAKISTAN

10.The United Nations aid agencies and their partners on August 11 asked for about 460 million U.S. dollars. According to Mr.John Holmes, UN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator at the UN Headquarters: "The death toll has so far been relatively low compared to other major natural disasters, but the numbers of affected are extraordinarily high ( 20 million). If we don't act fast enough, many more people could die of diseases and food shortages." .

11.According to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one hundred per cent crop losses have been recorded in many areas and tens of thousands of animals have died. Wheat, gram, lentil, tobacco, rapeseed, barley, cotton and mustard crops have been washed away in thousands of acres in the country.

12.The basic infrastructure including roads, railway lines, bridges, electricity and communication system and health centers have been completely damaged in the flooded areas.

13.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the floods will cause "major harm to the economy" of Pakistan. An IMF spokesman said on August 10 that the floods "are very likely to cause major harm to the economy in terms of loss of output and budgetary consequences."

AID PLEDGED SO FAR

14.The US $ 71 million.

The European Union $ 39 million

Canada $ 32 million

China $ 10 million

India $ 5 million ( not yet accepted by the Pakistan Government)

Other countriesNot available

US MARINES FOR FLOOD RELIEF, POOR RESPONSE FROM WESTERN PUBLIC

15.At a press conference at Washington on August 12 jointly addressed by Mr. Dan Feldman, the Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Mr. Mark Ward, acting Director of USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, the following details were given:.

Mr.Robert Gates, the Defence Secretary, has authorized the deployment of 19 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters consisting of 12 Sea Knight helicopters, four Super Stallion helicopters, and three Dragon helicopters. These will replace the six US Government helicopters that are currently in Pakistan on loan from the U.S. Senator John Kerry, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will be visiting Pakistan to make an on-the-spot study of the US aid effort.

From the questions posed at the press conference, it was evident that the public response to the appeal made by the State Department to US citizens and corporate houses to contribute to the aid effort has been very poor as compared to the public response at the time of the Haiti quake. Whereas in the case of Haiti, the public contributions touched US $ one million a day, in the case of Pakistan the public contribution has been around a few thousand dollars a day. This disappointment over the inadequate response was evident from the following question posed by Mr.AnwarIqbal, the Washington correspondent of the "Dawn" of Karachi: "Nineteen helicopters, ten boats, for more than 14, 15 million people, probably now almost 20 million people. This seemed very inadequate. I’m not trying to blame or belittle the U.S. contribution, but somehow the right response is not coming from the international community. Even the Pakistanis living in America or Britain are not coming forward. They’re very, very reluctant. What is preventing them? I mean, one reason that comes to mind is the lack of trust in the present Pakistani Government. People say, openly when you go to them, they will steal our money and run away, particularly with this President ( Mr.Zardari). They seem very upset. I’ve spoken to my American friends, they say that they feel that we will give them money and the credit will go to the Taliban. So how do you overcome this and what do you do? How to actually get the people involved and why are not they involved so far?" The two US officials could not give a satisfactory reply. They attributed the poor public response in the US to the fact that the fatalities in Haiti ran into thousands and that Haiti is a next-door neighbour.

16.An article dated August 9 in the Time magazine stated as follows on the public fury against President Asif Ali Zardari: “"Popular fury has settled on President Asif Ali Zardari, who has been criticized for abandoning his people to tour Europe. As television channels carried images of waters washing away buildings and homes, Zardari was seen racing off on a private plane, sporting blue jeans and his trademark high-voltage smile. As flood victims anxiously awaited the arrival of a rescue helicopter from the Pakistan military's limited fleet or the half-dozen Chinooks supplied by the U.S. military, Zardari was seen floating across northern France in a private helicopter to visit his family's château in Normandy. And when he made a nationally televised speech, while addressing a gathering of party supporters in the British city of Birmingham, there was only a glancing reference made to the tragedy unfolding at home. During the Birmingham speech, a protester who had managed to sneak into the hall hurled his two shoes at Zardari, missing by some distance. Zardari's supporters insist that his visit was necessary to secure aid for disaster relief. Opponents counter that such aid could have been appealed for from home and that even the $150 million that has been received, $35 million of which was donated by the U.S., is barely a fraction of the amount needed. One of Zardari'sministers was less fortunate. In a sign of the rage that has built up in recent days, crowds pelted the junior economic-affairs minister HinaRabbaniKhar's convoy with stones as it arrived in southern Punjab on Sunday, Aug. 8. It was the first time, enraged constituents said, that she had ventured there since the floods had hit."

17. The same article contrasted the Army’s role with that of Mr.Zardari in the following words: “Although its response has been limited, the Pakistan army at least has been visible. Television images prominently showed soldiers plunging into high waters to rescue the stranded, though critics said the footage was courtesy of camera crews dispatched there on helicopters that could have been used for further rescues. Some 30,000 soldiers are currently at work in the affected areas. In the country's major towns and cities, men in fatigues have set up makeshift tents to gather donations. In sharp contrast to Zardari's summer sojourn, Army General AshfaqKayani was the first of Pakistan's prominent leaders to hasten to see flood victims. He announced that every soldier in his force would donate a day's pay to flood relief — a gesture that shamed lawmakers who refused to do the same.”

18.The "Dailt Telegraph" of London attributed the poor response to the fact that more than 300 million pounds of aid to help rebuild parts of Pakistan after the 2005 earthquake was diverted to other projects. Citing unnamed senior Pakistani officials, it said there were fears this diversion of funds would put off foreign donors from giving money to help 20 million people affected by the floods. “There's reluctance, even people in this country are not giving generously into this flood fund because they're not too sure the money will be spent honestly,” opposition leader NawazSharif told the newspaper.

19. While the Pakistani public has been reluctant to contribute toofficial flood relief funds, it has been contributing readily to funds set up by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) and the Jamaat-e-Islami both of which have been very active in flood relief as they were in quake relief in 2005. As a result, the prestige of these organizations has shot up. People have been comparing their selfless service with the indifferent attitude ofMr.Zardari and his colleagues.

20. The same article of Time stated as follows in this regard: "Also standing to benefit from the disaster are Pakistan's hard-line Islamist groups, pushed to the sidelines by elections and weakened by military offensives. Unlike the civilian government and the army, which took days to marshal aid, Islamist groups boasted of efficient networks of volunteers. This is especially true in the volatile northwest, where the bulk of the devastation is taking place. The Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, a charity with alleged links to the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) — which was blamed for the 2008 Mumbai massacre — has for days been feeding tens of thousands of affected people. Drawing on a similar popularity achieved during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, members of the group say they receive donations from the urban middle class of Punjab, who are turning increasingly to religious conservatism. Such aid will make it difficult for the government to crack down on the do-gooders, no matter how malevolent Islamabad alleges their motives to be.”

21.The magazine quoted Farzana Sheikh at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs as saying as follows: "The Government now finds itself in an awkward position. If there is any pressure for it to move against these groups, it's going to find itself in much the same position as Gen. Musharraf, who during the Kashmir earthquake said, 'We need all the help we can get from whatever source.' Given the circumstances, for it to now act against groups who are seen to be doing a sterling job in terms of helping people will be absolutely suicidal."The article added: “Working alongside the LeT-affiliated charities are the social-welfare wings of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the hard-line Islamist political party. It and other Islamist parties have lately been polling poorly in elections, perceived as having been too close to former dictatorPervezMusharraf and too indulgent of the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest when they controlled the provincial government there. But observers warn that with the failures of the current civilian government, the Islamists could seize the opportunity to rebuild local support. More worrying, the devastation wrought by the disaster might give armed militants — chastened by a Pakistani army offensive last year — an opportunity to stage a comeback, seizing advantage of a government in crisis, an army overstretched and a local population enraged."

US MARINES IN SWAT

22.There has been speculation in Pakistan that the US has been inducting a large number of its Marines into the Swat Valley of KhyberPakhtoonkwa and the FATA ostensibly for implementing its flood relief projects and that some of them could actually be used for ground operations against Al Qaeda and the Taliban and for catching or killing Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, both of whom are believed to be in North Waziristan. These misgivings were reflected in the questions posed to Brigadier General Michael Nagata, deputy commander of the Office of the US Defence Representative, Pakistan, who briefed the Pakistani media on the US aid effort at Islamabad on August 13.

23.He said, inter alia, in his replies: " The first Marine element landed here at Ghazi Air Base yesterday ( August 12 ). We’ve been receiving additional aviation assets and personnel throughout the day. As a matter of fact, a couple of additional helicopters just landed within the last hour. But it’s going to take us a few days to get the entire complement in here. Meanwhile, the army element that has been here now for almost two weeks continues to operate. And our goal is to make this transition from army aviation to Marine aviation as seamless and as transparent as possible to the Pakistani military partners that we are – have been working with ever since this effort began. In terms of operational focus, I anticipate right now that the focus of the Marine aviation effort, once the army element leaves, will be the same as what we have been doing already, which is focused on the Swat valley, where we have been delivering hundreds of thousands of pounds of relief supplies and recovering thousands of stranded personnel from this very large river valley, because of infrastructure damage, bridge destruction, road erosion, etc, many, many people are in need. ..... First of all, as is pretty obvious, our focus is purely humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Secondly, while there is, obviously, a militant threat in this region, not just in Pakistan, there are some security challenges here, but the Pakistani military, ever since we stood up this task force, have done simply an incredibly energetic and totally committed job at providing multiple layers of security around our activities both in the air and on the ground. I think the best transparency I can provide is to simply tell you what we have here. We do have Marines here in Pakistan. We have Marine security guards at our US embassy, as we do in every embassy around the world. I just talked about the Marines that are coming in with the aviation element, coming here to help Pakistani citizens in need, and partner with Pakistani military forces. You started your first question or you started the question earlier talking about how some people talk about thousands of Marines or thousands of US military personnel that are in Pakistan. It is not true. It is – it wasn’t true then. It isn’t true now. Everything we do here, every single US service member we bring to Pakistan is based on one thing and one thing only: the request for support and partnership that we receive from the Pakistan military and appropriate government authorities. That is as literally as transparent as I can be."

24.In spite of this, there is persistent speculation in Pakistan that the Pakistan Government, which is in desperate need of US assistance, has agreed to the Marines coming for flood relief mounting a hunt for bin Laden and al-Zawahiri.

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BALOCHISTAN, POK & GILGIT-BALTISTAN

25.There have been allegations of discrimination in the distribution of flood relief materials against the people of Balochistan, the POK andGilgit-Baltistan. The “Dawn” of Karachi wrote on August 15 as follows: “The National Disaster Management Authority has so far not covered itself with glory in the delivery of relief goods in flood-hit areas. According to NDMA’s own statistics, it does not appear to have reached the millions in need of shelter, food and medicine. The authority has so far sent only 59 emergency medicine kits — 17 to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 24 to Punjab and 18 to Sindh. Balochistan, Azad Kashmir and GilgiltBaltistan have not received any medicine kit. And this was the authority’s own admission on Friday (August 13), two weeks after the calamity struck the country. The large-scale displacement in hot, humid weather, where camps are makeshift and amenities minimal has increased the chances of outbreak of diseases such as cholera. The NDMA has distributed 149 cholera kits — all in Punjab. The other provinces got nothing. The authority has distributed 3,500 mosquito nets among the affected people — 600 in Balochistan, 750 each in KP and Punjab and 1,500 in Sindh. But whether or not the distribution has been driven by some empirical evidence of more mosquitoes in Sindh remains unknown. For general health and welfare of the flood victims, the NDMA has sent 59 emergency medicine kits of which the lion’s share of 24 went to Punjab and 17 to KP.Clean drinking water is a major issue. According to NDMA data, it has provided 41 water purification plants — 13 to KP, 15 to Punjab, 13 to Sindh. Balochistan, AJK and GB have received nothing. The authority has so far distributed 1,272 water bottles — 300 each in KP and Sindh and 672 in Punjab. With the millions affected, it does appear to be the proverbial drop in the ocean, but then the authority has provided 80 more water tanks — 35 inBalochistan, 13 in KP, 19 in Punjab and 13 in Sindh. But where the flood victims are desperate for basic things such as clothes, the NDMA has generously distributed over 2,000 towels, but strategically so — only Sindh and Punjab got this amenity; perhaps the people in KP, AJK and Balochistan did not need any. A similar logic was followed for soap which too only went to the two bigger provinces and not to other regions. All the buckets, however, went to KP as did the 24 foam beds, a luxury that the other areas did not get. Punjab got all 15 tons of dates distributed by NDMA. When it came to provision of other food items, the NDMA said it had so far distributed 2300 bags — 650 each in KP and Sindh and 1,000 in Punjab. However, all 437 food bags and their unknown contents were sent to KP, perhaps in exchange for all dates that were sent to Punjab.” (15-8-2010)

Recently some unpleasant articles appeared in some Balochi websites that were in my point of view and experience quite unfair, based on rumors, jealousy, ignorance and naivety and the web administrator without further hesitations published them, even not bothering or thinking that the allegations made on the particular article I read on GWANK website could be sued in a court of justice. And the article was written on the name of Baloch community Norway, which in fact was produced and sent to the named website by only one or two individual, who hardly yet be counted as members of the Baloch community, because they are new arrivals to the community!

So, first of all I find myself obliged to give some explanations to the readers:

The Baloch community of Norway, does not exist as an organization, because, the Baloch here are organized in a union of Baloch Norway if we translate the Norwegian name ( DEN BALOCHISK FORENINGEN, NORGE). This registered and organized entity has elected leadership and when the union issues a statement so there is a responsible signature on it. But the said article was published just by the name of Baloch community Norway, without any signature to be responsible for the article.

Further I should tell the readers about the Baloch people residing in Norway, if we call them the Baloch community Norway. This is a small population of Baloch began to arrive to Norway first in 1984. The biggest group joined the group in the years of 1986-1987 till 1990. Later also the community grew little bit more.

The question arises in the mind of reader that in fact how many are we here in Norway? To answer this question, roughly we are 230 person, adults and children total! So our population is not a big one in comparison to Pakistanis read Punjabis 65000, Iranians 25000, and the Arabs from all Arab countries around 50000. So we are not a big community.

But this small community in comparison to other Baloch societies in Europe like UK, where I guess there are around 5-6000, Sweden around 1000, Denmark around also 200, been little bit more visible when it comes to be active for the Baloch cause.

This small Balochi society been almost a homogenous one and united, this community never insulted others either among themselves or other minorities. But in last days and weeks things changed due to the arrival of two new prominent personalities. The expectation from these two people was to help to get more united and be causuatic about our common goal for the rights of the Baloch people.

The writer`s brother last year traveled to the beloved Balochistan to visit friends and relatives. But was kidnapped by the Pakistani agencies like all other his Baloch sisters and brothers who had been whisked away at the same way. Since 7th August last year no one have ever heard or seen of him, till last Sunday 25th July Pakistan`s interior minister Rehman Malik in an interview with Norwegian NRK that they have arrested Ehsan on charges of traveling with fake papers in Pakistan, which is again wrong, because he traveled with the valid Norwegian national Passport with valid Pakistani visit visa issued to him by the embassy of Pakistan Oslo, Norway. Again after this interview, he has not been shown either to the Norwegian embassy nor been produced before a court of justice.

It is worth of mentioning and thanking members of Norwegian Baloch community in general and Waja Zobair, Banok Sedra and Arash`s immediate reaction to work for Ehsan just after getting the news that Ehsan been arrested. Because at that time I was not in country, these brave Baloch along with other members of the community worked hard to get the attention of Norwegian authorities in this case.

After these people`s action, the other prominent Baloch who contacted me and offered help was waja Munir Mengal. I knew him through the ordeal he had gone himself in Pakistani jails for almost two years. This offer was a worthy offer, because I got practical guidance, what, how and when go forward in tracing my brother. I personally did not know Waja Munir. But later when I came back to Oslo, he offered me that if I could sit in a hunger strike in front of either Norwegian Parliament or the ministry of foreign affairs; he along with his wife and 3 months baby would join and accompany me. Which I thanked, because if the people knew about the climate of Norway, during winter months temperature falls below 20C.

In the mean time some six months ago, we received as I said earlier in these words two prominent and active Baloch here in Norway, who had been forced out from their motherland to seek asylum here.

So, late I along with the Baloch Union of Norway and friends of mine and Ehsan on the anniversary of his one year disappearance announced to launch a protest demonstration and asked all European Baloch to attend if they could. And Munir was one of those first who announced his readiness and I welcomed him.

So came and participated in that protest demonstration. During this time, one thing came clear to me that, these two new comers did not like Munir and his participation. Well, I on my part explained to them the whole goal of the demonstration and my invitation of everybody.And told them that we are living in a free and democratic society, you are very free to have your points of view, but can`t dictate your views on others.

Munir, in the mean time had another mission in mind too. He, along with participating in the demonstration, to visit and gather information about three Baloch families, whose asylum applications been rejected by the Norwegian authorities, in order to bring their cases to the UNHCR head quarters in Geneva, where Munir very frequently due to his membership on the united nations panel for indigenous people visit. And at the same time having some friends in the said organization.

So, after the demonstration, there was the second year anniversary of the martyrdom Yaqoub Mehrnehad where he participated too.

Prior to his arrival to Oslo, I was warned by these two newly arrived gentlemen that Munir should not be given any place at any stage or word be given to him. I had no control of the second event, but the demonstration was a slogan shouting event and handing over letters to the ministry.

But both these two guys, spoke at the Shahid Mehrnehad`s anniversary!!!

I thought Munir did not have something to tell.... but later he told me, he had not been invited to the podium, other ways, he had a lot of experiences working with different UN organizations at Geneva, that could be useful for the Baloch audience, but it was late...

The day after Waja Munir left, an article in Urdu appeared at the Gwank website, that the readers’ selves could go and read against Waja Munir.

There were claims that Waja Munir had said so and so... which after close examinations, showed totally wrong and baseless.

The Gwank website also had not tried to examine the allegation on the article and published it. By doing so, the website qualified itself to be legally challenged!!!

Because according to the European laws, no one is allowed to accuse somebody baseless. And in this case, the GWANKWEBSITE has gravely endangered the life of Waja Munir Mengal. So, the process of legal challenge against the website and it`s administrator is on its way. And the responsible person will be legally charged and examined and Swedish in a court of justice.

I believe all Baloch intellectuals’ activists should use their brains, pens, energies and time in struggle against the common enemies, who have occupied our land. Not against each other. Accusing, blaming each other is on the line of service of the enemy. And I also believe we should not take hasty judgments against the members of our society. We should wait, time, the history and the nation himself well judge one and each of us.

When the struggle is in its infancy, young hood or maturity, we should not give us the right to ourselves and believe that I am the hero of the struggle and all others or at least many of others are not.

The real heroes of our nation are those who are standing face to face with the enemy and sacrificing their dear lives.

So, I am a humble man that not in a position to advise others what to do, but believe no matter, we should not cause difference among the ranks of the struggle. Our unity is the best answer to the nation’s enemies.

Spreading false rumors in the society about others is not on the line of the interests of struggle.

This struggle is a wide struggle and needs all kinds of people and ways of resistance against injustices we are facing.

We should think twice, thrice, quadruple, when we write and speak, that do not cause any harm to others. Here we have a classical example where irresponsible people have endangered one’s life. When life comes in danger, then it is serious and this should be stopped by all legal means.

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